NAIA Division II Men's Basketball National Tournament Appearances
Appearances: 23 • Record: 26-23 (.531) • Finishes – 1st: 0, 2nd: 2, 3rd: 2
Opening Round Titles (since 2020-21)
2026 Huntington Pod
Opening Round Appearances (since 2020-21)
2021 • 2022 • 2024 • 2026
Combined Divisions (pre-1992, post-2020)
Opening Round Record: 2-3 • Final Site Record: 0-1
Division II Era (1992-2020)
1st Round Record: 12-7 • Total Record: 24-19
* - 2016 - Tournament was split into four brackets with teams seeded 1-8 in each of the four brackets.
* - 2021 - Divisions combined and Opening Round format implemented (16 pods of 3 teams in 2021, 16 pods of 4 teams from 2022-on).
* - 2022-on - Tournament was split into 4, 16-team Brackets (Cramer, Duer, Liston, Naismith); Featured 16, 4-team pods with the 16 winners advancing to Kansas City for the Final Site at Municipal Auditorium.
| 2026 (#14 seed - Liston Bracket) - Sweet 16 | |
| #3 Hungtinton (Ind.) | W, 62-58 |
| #6 Graceland (Iowa) | W, 95-88 |
| #2 Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | L, 73-78 (ot) |
| 2024 (#16 seed - Duer Bracket) - 1st Round |
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| #1 Langston (Okla.) | L, 79-40 |
| 2022 (#16 seed - Duer Bracket) - 1st Round |
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| #1 William Penn (Iowa) | L, 83-72 |
| 2021 (#3 seed - Omaha Bracket) - 1st Round |
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| #2 Jamestown (N.D.) | L, 86-69 |
| 2018 (#6 seed) - 1st Round | |
| #3 Northwestern (Iowa) | L, 75-62 |
| 2017 (#6 seed) - Final 4 |
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| #3 Briar Cliff (Iowa) | W, 80-75 |
| #7 York (Neb.) | W, 78-76 |
| #1 Bethel (Ind.) | W, 77-75 (ot) |
| #1 Cornerstone (Mich.) | L, 69-57 |
| 2016 (#7 seed) - 1st Round | |
| #2 Indiana Wesleyan | L, 113-81 |
| 2015 (#7 seed) - 1st Round | |
| Grace (Ind.) | L, 54-50 |
| 2014 (#8 seed) - Sweet 16 | |
| Concordia (Ore.) | W, 81-78 |
| Davenport (Mich.) | L, 67-65 |
| 2013 (unseeded) - Sweet 16 | |
| Rochester (Mich.) | W, 64-50 |
| Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) | L, 81-56 |
| 2012 (#7 seed) - Sweet 16 | |
| Daemen (N.Y.) | W, 58-48 |
| Saint Francis (Ind.) | L, 61-58 |
| 2011 (#4 seed) - Sweet 16 | |
| Ashford (Iowa) | W, 66-45 |
| Saint Francis (Ind.) | L, 76-74 |
| 2010 (#4 seed) - Final 4 | |
| William Jessup (Calif.) | W, 85-67 |
| Cedarville (Ohio) | W, 70-69 |
| Indiana-Southeast | W, 71-65 |
| Walsh (Ohio) | L, 67-66 |
| 2009 (unseeded) - Elite 8 | |
| Mount Vernon Naz. (Ohio) | W, 84-75 |
| Oregon Tech | W, 78-64 |
| Bethel (Ind.) | L, 82-77 |
| 2008 (#1 seed) - National Runner-up | |
| Saint Jospeh (Vt.) | W, 111-52 |
| Aquinas (Mich.) | W, 65-61 |
| Bethel (Ind.) | W, 73-69 |
| Northwestern (Iowa) | W, 70-67 |
| Oregon Tech | L, 63-56 |
| 2007 - (#1 seed) - Sweet 16 | |
| Fisher (Mass.) | W, 95-84 |
| Northwest (Wash.) | L, 61-56 |
| 2006 (unseeded) - 1st Round | |
| Evangel (Mo.) | L, 82-74 |
| 2005 (#15 seed) - Sweet 16 | |
| Western Baptist (Ore.) | W, 68-65 |
| Northwestern (Iowa) | L, 72-69 |
| 2004 (#2 seed) - National Runner-up | |
| Saint Scholastica (Minn.) | W, 78-55 |
| Siena Heights (Mich.) | W, 78-75 |
| MidAmerica Nazarene (Ohio) | W, 74-50 |
| Sioux Falls (S.D.) | W, 70-62 |
| Oregon Tech | L, 81-72 |
| 2003 (#4 seed) - Elite 8 | |
| California State-Hayward | W, 76-44 |
| Cascade (Ore.) | W, 76-88 |
| Cornerstone (Mich.) | L, 84-75 |
| 2001 (#15 seed) - 1st Round | |
| College of Idaho | L, 62-58 |
| 1999 (unseeded) - 1st Round | |
| Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | L, 97-73 |
| 1998 (unseeded) - 1st Round | |
| Mayville State (N.D.) | L, 99-72 |